Google-Proof Questioning: A New Use for Bloom's Taxonomy. The internet has revolutionized information collection. The answer to virtually any question or problem is at our fingertips. Google has made this possible. While I am a great admirer of Google and an avid user of its products, in a way, Google has made my life as a teacher a LOT more difficult. Let me explain. In the "old days" (that would be pre-internet) when a teacher assigned a worksheet with a series of questions on it students had a few options to get the answers. 1. Now I am a teacher. There are two solutions to this problem: 1. Through extensive research and investigation I have come to the conclusion that option number one will prove to be an ineffective strategy. So, what is a "Google-proof question? " Bloom's is arranged into six different levels of questioning ranging from knowledge (the simplest) to evaluation (the most complex). 1.
These questions can not be Googled. We are in an age of information. Google has made my job as a teacher a lot harder, but I'm glad. Bloom’s Revised Taxonomy – More Than English: Teaching Language and Content. What is Bloom’s Taxonomy? Bloom’s Taxonomy in its various forms represents the process of learning. It was developed in 1956 by Benjamin Bloom and modified during the 1990’s by a new group of cognitive psychologists, led by Lorin Anderson (a former student of Bloom’s) to make it relevant to the 21st century. The revised taxonomy emphasizes what a learner “Can Do” so the stages are now represented as verbs: We must remember a concept before we can understand it.
So how do I use this in the classroom? We need to “teach to the highest and scaffold the lowest” students of all ages and levels of English proficiency. Remember Understand Apply Analyze Evaluate Create Model what each means for your students in the context of a lesson. It is useful to picture Bloom’s taxonomy as a wheel since all stages are not required for every lesson and every lesson does not necessarily lead to “Creating.” While you are teaching, get in the habit of pointing out how what your class is doing relates to Bloom’s.
Bloomin' Apps. This page gathers all of the Bloomin' Apps projects in one place.Each image has clickable hotspots and includes suggestions for iPad, Android, Google and online tools and applications to support each of the levels of Bloom's Revised Taxonomy.I have created a page to allow you to share your favorite online tool, iOS, or Android app with others. Cogs of the Cognitive Processes I began to think about the triangular shape of Bloom's Taxonomy and realized I thought of it a bit differently.Since the cognitive processes are meant to be used when necessary, and any learner goes in and out of the each level as they acquire new content and turn it into knowledge, I created a different type of image that showcased my thoughts about Bloom's more meaningfully.Here is my visual which showcases the interlocking nature of the cognitive processes or, simply, the "Cogs of the Cognitive Processes".
IPAD APPS TO SUPPORT BLOOM'S REVISED TAXONOMYassembled by Kathy Schrock Bloom's and SAMR: My thoughts. Bloom's Digital Taxonomy | Digital Learning World. As educators we are all familiar with Bloom’s Taxonomy, created in the 1950′s by Benjamin Bloom, and the more recently revised 2001 version adapted by Lorin Anderson. The original use of nouns was replaced by verbs and top level categories were re-arranged. Each category has a number of sub-categories containing key verbs associated with it: Remembering - recognising, listing, describing, identifying, retrieving, naming, locating, findingUnderstanding - interpreting, summarising, inferring, paraphrasing, classifying, comparing, explaining, exemplifyingApplying – implementing, carrying out, using, executingAnalysing – comparing, organising, deconstructing, attributing, outlining, finding, structuring, integratingEvaluating - checking, hypothesising, critiquing, experimenting, judging, testing, detecting, monitoringCreating – designing, constructing, planning, producing, inventing, devising, making (Note that the new ‘digital’ verbs introduced are coloured in blue)
Lichelle Leonard: Bloom's Pyramid Interactive. Blooms Digital Taxonomy.